Equinity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being equine. uncountable

    "Clearly, a distinction needs to be drawn between Bucephalus's being a certain horse and the equinity that I believe is true of Bucephalus. The reason is that his actual equinity is quite peculiar to him; it is not and cannot be a feature of anything else; it is essentially particular."

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"Clearly, a distinction needs to be drawn between Bucephalus's being a certain horse and the equinity that I believe is true of Bucephalus. The reason is that his actual equinity is quite peculiar to him; it is not and cannot be a feature of anything else; it is essentially particular."

Etymology

From equine + -ity.

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